[His own sharp words echoed back at him now, as if the universe decided to mock his foolishness just a little bit more, then twist the knife with the mention of a guiding absolute. Like he had been blindly led and not the absolute force himself. Guilt stung somewhere in his chest where a heart was supposed to be, sharpening from the dull ache it had so consistently been lately.]
I am a scientist--we do not deal in faith, but objective facts. And the fact is that I have done something I must atone for. The fact is that I exist when I should not, find myself in a world nearly lost as my own almost was, and am tasked with true salvation rather than a pale mockery of the idea. The equation must be calculated to its result, and when the experiment is complete that result will need to be evaluated as a success or failure.
[Whatever that meant, Viktor didn't explain; he seemed to be speaking half to himself, reasoning out some elaborate lines of thought that tangled into chaos in his head.]
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[His own sharp words echoed back at him now, as if the universe decided to mock his foolishness just a little bit more, then twist the knife with the mention of a guiding absolute. Like he had been blindly led and not the absolute force himself. Guilt stung somewhere in his chest where a heart was supposed to be, sharpening from the dull ache it had so consistently been lately.]
I am a scientist--we do not deal in faith, but objective facts. And the fact is that I have done something I must atone for. The fact is that I exist when I should not, find myself in a world nearly lost as my own almost was, and am tasked with true salvation rather than a pale mockery of the idea. The equation must be calculated to its result, and when the experiment is complete that result will need to be evaluated as a success or failure.
[Whatever that meant, Viktor didn't explain; he seemed to be speaking half to himself, reasoning out some elaborate lines of thought that tangled into chaos in his head.]
...You speak as if from experience, Vakama.